As you are about to leave the office for a 10 o’clock business appointment with that important client, you do a quick checklist to ensure that you have everything. You open your briefcase and there it is — your notebook. Yes, you have everything.

For most business people, that one piece of equipment holds every needed bit of information required to perform their job outside of the office.

According to Ian Purton, an account executive with Markham, Ont.-based A.C. Nielsen Market Research, the portable computing market has changed drastically in the last five years. The changes have resulted in improved technology enhancements and price performance.

“You can look at the features of the product and one obvious (improvement) is the power of the portable,”